A Florida family's Whirlpool refrigerator exploded inside their hom

[Anonymous No.11686489]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida family is grateful to be alive after they say their refrigerator exploded inside their home Saturday morning.

The force was so powerful it caused significant damage in several rooms. Luckily, neighbor Joshua Perez heard the explosion and ran inside to help the family get out safely.

“I was in my room, I was asleep and I just heard the bang,” Mark Ligondie said.

Ligondie quickly ran from his bedroom to the kitchen where moments before his parents' refrigerator in the West Palm Beach, Florida home exploded.

“There were fumes coming everywhere,” Ligondie said.

He says the odor was so strong and that it made his eyes sting.

“The fridge exploded and if you look at this angle right here it expanded and expanded so much it bent the metal of the stove,” Ligondie said.

The family's 4-month-old Whirlpool refrigerator was in pieces, scattered throughout the kitchen and surrounding rooms.

Their next door neighbor, Perez, rushed over to help after hearing the loud bang and smoke alarm.

"Immediately I just see the smoke,” Perez said.

Luckily, no one was hurt. The fire department showed up and cleared the home.

“And for them to say we’ve never seen this, this is something we have never seen in our life is kind of alarming,” Perez said.

Perez believes this incident is a wake-up call for all homeowners.

“I’ve actually scheduled an appointment already because of how nervous this has made me just for general maintenance and I think that’s something everyone should do,“ Perez said.

WPTV reached out to Whirlpool for comment. We are still waiting to hear back.

Meanwhile, there's now cracks in the family's ceiling and nearby walls, damage to the master bedroom door and a bedroom window is missing.

"It's surreal," Ligondie said.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/florida-refrigerator-explosion

[Anonymous No.11686513]

>>11686489
truly the worst state

[Anonymous No.11686528]

>>11686489
Don't you just love R600A.

[Anonymous No.11686535]

Looks like a whirlpool wen't off in there.

[Anonymous No.11686539]

>>11686489
>Whirlpool
That's what you get for buying from a shitty company that cut quality control and invests nothing into R&D that's only still alive thanks to protectionism and retarded "muh Made in U.S.A." boomers (which doesn't make any sense since Frigidaire also does final assembly in the U.S. and has much higher American-made parts content than Whirlpool, but Whirlpool has somehow convinced boomers they're the "American appliance" company).

[Anonymous No.11686545]

>>11686513
Always the worst state. And that's taking Mississippi and West Virginia into account.

[Anonymous No.11686563]

Sounds like something got blocked inside the refrigeration system and the compressor built up so much pressure it exploded

[Anonymous No.11686573]

I know firearm safety courses say to store them in a cabinet, but don't put glocks in a fridge.

[Anonymous No.11686623]

>>11686573
But how am I going to store my

[Anonymous No.11686663]

>>11686563
The coils don't have enough mass for that. The R600a leaked, mixed well and ignited.

[Anonymous No.11688068]

Bump

[Anonymous No.11688168]

>>11686489
>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
o shit it's this place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkwsOOo3H-I

[Anonymous No.11688178]

>>11686489
tl;dr

[Anonymous No.11688413]

>>11688178
Fridge randomly explode, followed by a lot of shit no one cares about.

[Anonymous No.11688459]

>>11686489
serious question: is there a way to tell if your fridge is about to explode?

[Anonymous No.11688466]

>>11688178
Ameridumb spotted

[Anonymous No.11688477]

>>11686623
Gunnamole

[Anonymous No.11688486]

Where will they store their eggs now?

[Anonymous No.11688492]

>>11686489
>it made his eyes sting
that must have sounded great, two stings

[Anonymous No.11688494]

>>11688486
They must use all the money they have to construct an egg fort

[Anonymous No.11688496]

My dad literally just bought a new whirlpool refrigerator. Whats a good brand? My parents have this old Amana out in the garage that has been running for about 30+ years now without any problems. I told them to get one of those but they wanted something different.

[Anonymous No.11688523]

>>11686539
This is what I hate. I grew up with name-brand stuff. Whirlpool, Maytag, Fridgidaire, and GE. I just trusted them for being rock solid.

But now all these companies are hollow shells of their former selves that can't be trusted.

What the fuck do I buy in 2018+1? Am I just doomed to buy the new-every-10-years appliance, or do I just suck it up and buy chinese bullshit with company names I can't pronounce?

[Anonymous No.11688528]

>>11688477
I think you mean glockamole.

[Anonymous No.11688544]

>>11688523
>doomed to buy the new-every-10-years appliance
Pretty much. When I was shopping around 3 years ago every salesman told me they all fail within 7-10 years. I've had techs tell me the same. We bought a nice side by side LG 3 years ago and the ice maker had to be replaced within the 1st year and the compressor failed 2 months ago. Fortunately they warranty the compressor for 7 years, parts only, but it took them 2 weeks to get a tech to me and I threw such a fit they gave me the labor too.

[Anonymous No.11688545]

>>11688523
>What the fuck do I buy in 2018+1?
Depends on which product you're asking about. Different brands do different things well. Do your homework.


>>Am I just doomed to buy the new-every-10-years appliance
nope, you can always buy commercial quality.

[Anonymous No.11688549]

>>11686623
>glockamole
>asalsat rifle

[Anonymous No.11688584]

Is usually the other way around.

[Anonymous No.11688657]

>>11688545
Okay, but how much is a commercial quality appliance? Isn't that like 5-10x the price?

[Anonymous No.11688674]

>>11688657
I got a used Aga Marvel for $500, but new they're very expensive.

[Anonymous No.11688697]

>tfw your whirlpool fridge has been making weird noises and rattling
should I be concerned?

[Anonymous No.11688699]

>>11688657
Not only that, but after warranty they cost a shitload to repair, and yes, they will still need repairs.

[Anonymous No.11688757]

>>11688697
I also have a whirlpool fridge but it’s at least 5 years old or more. As long as yours isn’t using the new flammable refrigerants like r600a or c5h10 you don’t have anything to worry about. I imagine this happening is extremely uncommon but I can tell you I wouldn’t take the chance and I wonder if this is only the beginning. I expect some recalls. Like who thought switching to flammable refrigerant was a good idea! Oh it’s better for the environment if released (probably) but it’ll blow the fuck up if it leaks out and finds an ignition source (compressor clicking on). Yikes

[Anonymous No.11688767]

>>11688697
Ever heard of Grenfell tower?
Get it looked at, anon.

[Anonymous No.11689032]

>>11688523
Find something with no electronics, learn to replace a compressor and a thermostat and refill refrigerant. You can keep it going to infinity.

[Anonymous No.11689059]

>>11688757
>>11688767
Yeah we got it in 2011 and the noises just recently (?) started I think.
Every so often it rattles slightly and makes a weird knocking sound then stops.
I think I might call customer service and see if it's normal with a fridge like this at this age.

[Anonymous No.11689270]

>>11686539
Frigidaire is shit as well my dude

[Anonymous No.11689620]

>>11689270
Then I guess wait for Samsung to open their new refrigerator plant in Alabama in the summer if you want an American-made appliance?

[Anonymous No.11689714]

>>11689620
kek, enjoy supporting no union shit pay and benefits thanks to "open shop" aka "castrate the workers" laws in AL.

[Anonymous No.11689720]

>>11688477
>>11688528
>>11688549
Looks like a famas to me.

[Anonymous No.11689730]

>>11686489
How does this happen?
Was some food inside the fridge causing gas expansion and the fridge managed to stay sealed to catastrophic failure?

[Anonymous No.11689735]

>>11689730
Are you dumb?

[Anonymous No.11689834]

>>11689720
No, it's a glock.

[Anonymous No.11689950]

>>11689620
Samsung is shit, my parents have Samsung appliances and every one of them has broken down at least twice, and they are new top of the line stainless steel stuff with touchscreens. Right now their fancy microwave won't heat food, before that it's touchscreen stopped working, and the fridge has had it's ice and water dispenser break twice, once leaking all over the floor, and the dishwasher stopped working twice. This was all under warranty for the first two years and they have bought the extended warranty but I will never buy Samsung appliances.

[Anonymous No.11689966]

>>11686513
>>11686545
>t. jealous yanks

[Anonymous No.11690015]

>>11686513
>>11686545
>hur dur Florida sux
You fucking niggers are going to retire here and pay my income taxes anyway. My state is still better than your overtaxed east coast shitholes

[Anonymous No.11690021]

>>11689950
my samsung is great but its not a smart fridge

[Anonymous No.11690042]

>>11686513
Thats cali, m8

[Anonymous No.11690048]

>>11689730
R600a refrigerant is lighterfluid.

[Anonymous No.11690305]

>>11686489
>tfw Hitachi
Am I safe

[Anonymous No.11690316]

Refrigerators don't explode, retards. It's fucking clickbait.

[Anonymous No.11690475]

>>11690316
this one did

[Anonymous No.11690864]

>>11690305
We will find out soon anon!

[Anonymous No.11691232]

>>11688459
When it starts ticking

[Anonymous No.11691748]

>>11686489

[Anonymous No.11691760]

>>11686535
>wen't off
>>11686535
>wen't
WTF misuse of apostrophes is getting out of hand.

[Anonymous No.11692775]

>>11691748
?

[Anonymous No.11694210]

>>11691748

[Anonymous No.11694254]

>It's surreal
every time

[Anonymous No.11696020]

>>11686623
Acusport ISSC M22 Pistol Avocado Tomato Spread

[Anonymous No.11697402]

>>11690475
No it fucking didn't.

[Anonymous No.11697468]

Who, besides the majority of /ck/, is retarded enough to believe this story?
>Perez believes this incident is a wake-up call for all homeowners.
Yeah, a wakeup call to not live near people named "Perez".

[Anonymous No.11697487]

>>11697468
What're you implying

[Anonymous No.11698890]

>>11686545
When your maintenance man is Florida Man.

[Anonymous No.11698923]

>>11688459
If it starts swelling up...RUN

[Anonymous No.11698943]

>>11688523
Planned Obsolescence, a sad byproduct of the bad parts of capitalism (like lobbying). Companies don't build things to last anymore, they build things to look good and break down quick so you have to go buy another.

[Anonymous No.11698960]

>>11690015
>Retire in Florida
Definitely not, working at a senior living facility everyone was from florida coming to California. Still shitty but nowhere near as bad as Florida.
They were obviously making meth in their fridge when their shake and bake exploded.

[Anonymous No.11699009]

>>11688459
Depends, does it pray 5 times a day?

[Anonymous No.11699031]

>>11699009
Only if it was blessed by an evangelical before you plugged it in.

[Anonymous No.11699151]

>>11686489
The Government caused this.

>regulators slowly outlawed all refrigerants due to 'muh ozone layerz!'

Appliance makers are forced to now use R600a with is gasified iso-butane (lighter fluid) as a refrigerant.

Not surprisingly... it explodes.

Wait till we start seeing cars with A/C systems charged with R600.
>get in mild fender bender crash, car explodes.

[Anonymous No.11700088]

>>11686489
in america even refrigerator wants to kill people

[Anonymous No.11700331]

>>11699151
>'muh ozone layerz!'
Probably seems a trivial problem to the sort of transparent skinned inverted sleep pattern basement dwelling blob that frequents 4chan

[Anonymous No.11700392]

>>11688523
I'm told Hitachi fridges are pretty good.

[Anonymous No.11700471]

whenever i hear american made i think of old crappy american made cars that cannot fight japanese made in terms of quality control

american made furniture = good
american made appliances = ehhhh

i get the impression that american factory workers generally dont give a shit, they work luxurious 10 hr days compared to asian slaves, they have all sorts of benefits and hide their lazy asses behind unions

[Anonymous No.11701037]

>>11698943

Lobbying isn't due to capitalism, it's due to government

[Anonymous No.11701055]

>>11686623
Freshly baked Meth

[Anonymous No.11701082]

>>11689059
The compressor is fucked.

[Anonymous No.11701350]

Did someone say explosion?!

[Anonymous No.11701511]

>>11686489
I hate when that happens.

[Anonymous No.11701597]

>>11688168
So they were hiding dirty cash in the refrigerator and fucked something up which caused a spark and blew it up. Then wrecked a few more things for insurance swag plus the settlement from Whirlpool.
GETTIN PAYED NIGGA!

[Anonymous No.11701678]

>>11686489
Why is it that something batshit insane happens it's always in Florida

[Anonymous No.11702490]

>>11686513
The major florida cities are hell. The smaller coastal cities and parts of North Central Florida are amazing and comfy af.

t. Born and raised Floridian

Though i will admit the state has changed a lot since when I was younger. Even the smaller towns are losing their 'feel' and the atmosphere they used to have.

[Anonymous No.11704380]

>>11688523
build your own

[Anonymous No.11704755]

>>11700392
>>11688523
Yep Japanese products are the only thing high quality left in terms of appliances.

[Anonymous No.11705939]

>>11689714
>communist detected

[Anonymous No.11707155]

>>11686489
>WPTV reached out to Whirlpool for comment. We are still waiting to hear back.
this usually means they sent a request as they wrote the article, giving them literally no time to respond

[Anonymous No.11707264]

>>11705939
>workers having rights is commie
American detected

[Anonymous No.11707270]

>>11686489
Do Americans really own refrigerators?

[Anonymous No.11707286]

>>11707155
They know if they gave them time to respond they would just dismiss the story for the clickbait bullshit it is.

[Anonymous No.11707375]

>>11689834
The trigger guard isn't rounded and it doesn't have the yellow stripe to warn about sharp edges, it's clearly a AK-47 if I follow that guide.

[Anonymous No.11707391]

>>11688523
Apple explained their bad numbers partly with the fact that people don't buy their new products since they could just extend the lifetime of their old devices by replacing the battery.

Products having a long lifetime is nothing companies are proud of anymore, it's something they despise and actively fight against.